Category Archives: Commentary

For Daniel Colson (1943-2026)

From Freedom News, an obituary for the anarchist Daniel Colson (11/01/2026) by David Berry, followed by a translation of a lecture by him entitled, “Proudhon and the contemporary relevance of anarchism”. A singular and generous thinker of anarchism, his work … Continue reading

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Parham Shahrjerdi – Iran: Woman, Life, Freedom — and nothing else

From lundimatin #504, 12/01/2026 These lines are being written while the internet has been down for three days throughout Iran.Telephone lines are cut.Electricity is also cut, so the darkness of this period reaches its peak.It is Sunday, 11 January 2026. … Continue reading

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Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without

From the CrimethInc. collective (07/01/2026) Three Perspectives Starting on December 28, 2025, a new wave of protest broke out across Iran, triggered by economic distress and escalating to call for the toppling of the government. This is at least the … Continue reading

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“A World Governed by Force”

From the CrimethInc. collective (01/06/2026) The Attack on Venezuela and the Conflicts to Come “We live in a world that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” Stephen Miller told CNN host Jake Tapper, … Continue reading

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Giorgio Agamben: The mystery of power

Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians can be read as a prophecy concerning the current situation in the West. The apostle evokes here “a mystery of anomia”, of “lawlessness”, which is already at work, but which will not be consummated … Continue reading

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For Béla Tarr (1955-2026)

“I still consider myself an anarchist. But there’s an old saying, that goes, “If you’re not a communist by 30, you have no heart. But if you’re a communist after 30, you have no brain.” This is quite an old … Continue reading

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Edward Abbey: Theory of Anarchy

Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. Edward Abbey, A Voice Crying in … Continue reading

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David Graeber: Revolution in reverse

David Graeber is an anthropologist at Goldsmiths College, University of London. In his previous books, particularly Towards An Anthropological Theory of Value and Fragments of An Anarchist Anthropology, he has spelt out his view of the need for a link between radical politics and … Continue reading

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Carlos Taibo: Bakunin versus Marx

From Freedom News (26/12/2025) In the persons of these two revolutionaries, two distinct projects clashed within the First International There are more elements of commonality between Bakunin and Marx than might appear. It was hardly a coincidence that both sought the shelter … Continue reading

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Simone Weil: Reflections on barbarism (1939)

Many people nowadays, moved by the horrors of every kind that our time provides in a number overwhelming for anyone the least bit sensitive, think that, as a result of an excessively great technical power, or a kind of moral … Continue reading

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